"Hahahaha!"
Shane looked at Roger.
The thoughts in his mind immediately spilled out, changing the expression on Roger's face.
"So even you have personal ties, Roger. You can't bring yourself to kill these old friends either."
In fact.
Shane knew a thing or two about how these older pirates and Marines thought.
For instance, after Uta destroyed an island, Red-Haired took the blame for her, and his bounty soared to one billion Beli.
Even Sengoku thought this would anger Roger, believing Red-Haired had let down Roger's teachings.
This meant that opponents of the older generation all understood one another's character. It was perfectly normal to call them both enemies and friends.
There were also rumors that Roger had wiped out every guard in a kingdom for the sake of a single crewmate.
From an outsider's perspective, Luffy declaring war on the Reverie at Enies Lobby for Robin was much the same.
The same applied to Shane, only the rumors about him were even more terrifying. They claimed that not a blade of grass survived wherever he went, and that he wiped out entire nations outright!
That was why he was called the World-Destroying Tyrant and regarded as one of the most evil beings on the seas today.
Of course.
After this, there would be no "one of" about it!
Even Whitebeard, who was believed to possess the power to destroy the world, would be overshadowed by Shane's influence!
The Marines would have no choice but to reassess Shane as an opponent!
His very existence was like a devil's murmur, terrifying and unnerving, constantly inspiring fear.
It was said that many remote regions had already begun making up nursery rhymes about Shane, and similar comics even existed in the North Blue.
He had been written into tales of Germa 66's Vinsmoke